Generally we have not run our own CA because the regulation, authentication and support of certs is intensive, and there was no value that we could add inside this process. We decided that we would concentrate our efforts on different parts of the business instead of the CA side of things.
I should also note for the group that we already work very closely with Verisign and we are in a very good position to protect your interests. We want to be optimistic about this business going forward, but believe me, we will have alternatives if this does not go as we hope. Kim On 5/26/06 5:15 PM, "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain to me why, if you want to sell certs, a company the > size of Tucows doesn't become a certificate authority? > > I've never understood this reselling of a resold certificate approach. > Other than maybe some degree of convenience offered to your resellers by > rolling this into a unified API, there can't be any advantages to this > three-level cockup of a reseller scheme. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Phelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "John Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [domains-gen] Verisign buys Geotrust ? > > > I do not presume that you are naïve, but want you to know that we > will be making sure that we are on top of any changes, and will have our > backup-plans in place if things are to change for the worst. I'd say that > we > are"cautiously optimisitic" at this point, but we are making sure that > our (and your) business is protected. > > Kim > > > On 5/26/06 2:59 PM, "John Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Kim Phelan wrote: >>> Based on our initial conversations, our contract is not changing (and >>> neither are certs prices). We will be working very closely with >>> Verisign/Geotrust to ensure that any changes that effect everyone are >>> well >>> thought through, and result in no negative impact to you, our >>> customers. >> >> I just found out about this and I am livid! How long is that contract >> good for? How long are prices guaranteed for? How naive do you think >> we are? >> >> I switched away from Thawte specifically because Verisign bought them >> (and the Thawte SPKI interface was worse than even Verisign's own >> abomination). As I expected, after Thawte was acquired, their prices >> rose to be comparable to Verisign. No matter what GeoTrust/Verisign are >> saying now, within a year or two (I predict), the GeoTrust prices will >> rise to Verisign's and Thawte's levels. >> >> Personally, I'm going to work up a formal protest under both the Clayton >> Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act, since this deal clearly fails under >> both. Tucows, as presumably one of the larger resellers of GeoTrust >> certs should do the same (even though you are based in Canada). >> >> John > > Kim Phelan > Senior Product Manager > Tucows Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen Kim Phelan Senior Product Manager Tucows Inc. -- _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
